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came STATES PATENT Enron.

APPLE- PARER.

SPEGIFIGATION'foz-ming. part of Letters Patent No. 292,592, datedJanuary 29, 1884,

Application filed July 3,1853. (Model) residing at Newark, in the countyof Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulApple-Faring Machine, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to an improvement in apple-paring machines; and theobjects are to produce a parer which is small, light, and compact,simple in construction, cheap, and effective in its operation. Iaccomplish these objects by means of mechanism illlustrated in- .theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation view; Fig.a side elevation; Fig. 3, a plan view; Fig. 4, a horizontal sectiontaken on line 1) '0 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5, an inverted plan view of the table wheel; Fig. 6, a section ofthe table-wheel,'

taken on line a: a", of Fig. 5; Fig. 7, an inverted plan view of theslotted lever; Fig. 8, a top view of the same; Fi 9, a side view of thesame; Fig. 10, a plan View, in detail, of the knifecarriage; Fig.'-11,an edge view,-in detail, of the knife-arm, head, and paring-guard. i

Similarlettersreferto similar parts through tion and mode of operatingmy invention.

The use in paring-machines of the camshaped table-wheel, the slottedlever, the

knife-carriage provided with segment of cogwheel gearing, &c., and theparing-guard is not new. There are various devices employing one or moreof these elements, andap- 1 proaching each other in principle to agreater or less extent, the state ot'the art in this particularviz., ofparing the fruit and reversing the knife rapidly, at the same timethrow-.

ing it off from contact'with the fruit-being somewhat advanced.

described and claimed.

.The general principles are somewhat similar to the invention shown inLetters Patent to Frost, No. 33,016, August 6, 1861, in which is shown acam'shaped table-wheel operating,

a slotted lever by means of a pin engagingin said slot, producing ahorizontally-oscillating movement of said lever, having a slow motionwhen paring, anda quick return to normal position when not in contactwith theapple.

I confine myself to the specific novel arrangement and combination Asthe mode of producing this bacl -and-forward or oscillating movement isfully set forth in patent above mentioned, I do not considerit necessaryto go at length into that part of my invention, it being a commonmechanical moven'ient in general use.

My invention complete is shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the position beingwith the knife at the butt of the apple, the point where it first startsto pare, and in Fig. 4, also, the knife is shown in the same position InFigs. 1, 2, and 3, A is the standard or' frame on which the generalmachine is built. B is the driving-wheel, or, as it is commonly called,the driver. 0 is the fork which holds the apple; D, the fork-pinion; E,the knife-arm; F, the paring-knife, and G the table wheel.

On the frame Ais a foot or arm, H, to which is pivoted, by a screw,rivet, or other convenient mode, the table-wheel G, its llat or smoothside being uppermost. This wheel (the edge of which is seen in Figs. 1and 2, the top or fiat side in Fig. 3, the under side or inverted viewin Fig. 5, and the sectional view in Fig. 6) is cam-shaped for thepurpose of throwing the knife-arm away from the fruit when it is pared,and keeping said arm fromcoming in contact with fruit when said arm isreturning to its normal position at butt of apple.

The wheel has a short projecting pin, I, cast I on it, Figs. 5 and 6, toengage in the slotted lever J, giving said lever ahorizontally-oscillating movement of about ninety degrees.

Figs. 7, 8, and 9 represent this slotted 1ever iii-detail, Fig. 7 beingan inverted view, showing the two pivots Kand L, Fig. Sbeing atop orplan view, and showing the slot of the lever, in which pin I, Figs. 5and 6. plays, and Fig. Elbeing an edge or side view, showing, also, thepivots K and L. The shorter pivot, L, works in knife-carriage M, drawingsaid carriage with itin its oscillating motion. Fig. 10 represents thiscarriage .in a plan view. The knife-arm E is hung on projections N and0, any convenient mode common in apple-parers being used. The arm isprovided with a spiral spring, arranged in the ordinary manner, to pressthe knife and its arm against the fruit. The working of this carriage ismost plainly seen in Fig. 4.. Its

gearing Y meshes with the cogged segment P on arm H, and the object ofthis gearing Y and P is to give to the knife-carriage a greater swingthan that produced by the slotted lever alone. By means of this gearingthe knifearm and its carriage describes a segment of a circle of aboutone hundred and eighty degrees in a horizontal plane, or almost doublethat of the lever itself, and herein consists the main feature of myinventionviz., the employment of this or equivalent mechanism to producealike result. The knife, having nearly a half-circle motion, conforms tothe general curve of the apple, and the knifearm E retains, in goingover the apple, an almost vertical position, thus approximating to moreof a cutting-angle than ordinary parers, which have more of a tendencyto tear off the paring than to make a clear cut, as the mechanism of mymachine allows theknife to do. The knifearm (for the purpose ofpreventing its striking against the fork if the machine should be turnedwhen there is no apple on the fork) may abut against carriage at Q, Fig.10; or, as seen in Fig. at, it maybe provided with a slight projectionto rest on the carriage at the same place.

Fig. 11 shows the knife and arm-head.

Having described the various parts of my invention, I will now explainthe manner of assembling those parts into the machine complete.

\The frame A, driving-wheel B, its arbor S, and pinion T are fully shownin Fig. 1, as are also the fork, its arbor, and pinion D. The tablewheel G is pivoted (flat side uppermost) to foot H on frame A, Figs. 1,2, and The knife-carriage H is placedin position, as seen in Fig. 4, andthe slotted lever J (slotted side uppermost) is placed in position bypivot K being inserted inits bearing on arm H, and pivot L in itsbearing in the knife-carriage. The knife-arm is then attached to itscarriage and the assembling is completed.

Figs. 1 and 2 clearly illustrate the machine in the relative position ofthose parts.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The machine is set in motionby turning the driving-wheel B from you, as is usual in paring-machines.This produces a motion from left to right on the table-wheel G, or inthe direetion of the arrow, as seen in Fig. 3. The pin I, Fig. 5, on thetable-wheel G, operating in the slot of lever J, gives said lever anoutward motion toward the end of apple farthest from butt of the fork,carrying the knife and knife-carriage with it by means of its pivot Lengaging with carriage M. \V hen the lever J reverses its movement andtravels back toward its startingpoint, (its starting-point being shownin position in Fig. 4,) the tablewheel G strikes the knife-arm near itshanging-point, and throws off the arm, preventing contact with thefruit, this being the object of the cam on table-wheel G.

The mechanism shown in my invention may be varied slightly in thefollowing manner: The knife may be operated on the side opposite to thatshown'in the drawings, by inverting the table-wheel, and making suitablecorresponding changes in other parts. The knife may be made to start topare from the outer end of apple, paring inward toward the butt, byleaving the knife in the same side, as shown in the drawings, andinverting the tablewheel.

Although I prefer the gearing, as shown in my invention, to produce theextra swing to the knife, making a full half-circle, yet the same resultis equally as well accomplished by means of one or more pins in up rightposition, to take the place of cogged segment 1 on arm H, and aknife-carriage with one or more slots may operate on said pins,producing the same motion.

The machine shown in my invent-ion requires four turns to pare an appleand reverse the knife to its starting-point, two and onehalf turns ofthe driver paring the apple, and one and one-half turn reversing theknife to starting-point. This number of turns may be varied by changingnumber of teeth in driving-wheel pinion T, reducing it to as low as onefull turn of the driving-wheel, in a large machine, to accomplish thesame result as four turns.

Having thus fully set forth and described my invention, what I claim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In an apple-parer, the standard A, provided with the feet or arms H H,the latter of which is provided with a fixed cogged segment, P, intowhich meshes the cogged knifecarriage M Y, said knife-carriage beingpivw oted to the slotted lever J by means of a stud or pivot, L, on theunder side thereof, which lever is pivoted by a stud, K, on its underside to the arm H, in combination with the cam-shaped table-wheel G,which is provided with a pin, I, on its under side for operating in theslot in lever J, whereby the said slotted lever and the knife-carriageare given a forward and reverse motion, and the knife is carried aroundthe fruit, and its motion rapidly reversed, and at the same it is thrownclear of the fruit, and the necessary operating mechanism, substantiallyas set forth-and described.

LANPHEAR H. SCOTT. \Vitnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, \VILLLUI. L. Fonon.

